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Two More Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Attain VETS Campus Certification

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The 2014 Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support (VETS) Act – which established the VETS Campus program – requires schools to meet a set of seven programs, requirements , and qualifications to be certified by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

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Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. “One

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Lifting As They Climb

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Mays Endowed Chair and Professor of Educational Policy Studies, led the association from 2014-2015. Ducommun Endowed Professor (Emerita) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, was president in 2011-2012. Dr. Joyce E. King, the Benjamin E. King was followed in 2016-2017 by Dr. Vivian L. Gadsden, the William T.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

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We have so many first-generation students that using our alums as mentors has really been a powerful thing for our students.” Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner, center, takes part in the 2014 Inaugural Bengals Dare to Care Day. It generated excitement and investment in current programs, our students and scholarships,” she said. “We

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Paying it Forward

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mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Career mentors: Dr. Rafael H. Lopez Valdez’s focus on the human element started when he was a visiting scholar in Switzerland during the 2014-15 academic year. applied mathematics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico; M.S.,

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. within six years. “We

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